Househelp / Kasambahay Discussion

[oldblue]

kumuha ka ng isang pamilya. that usually works. nanay head maid. anak yaya. tatay driver/hardinero. tapos yun anak pag-aralin ...

or wag swelduhan ng 1k-2k a month. at least 4k and uniform with servant's quarter + 14" inch TV (no cable!), antenna lang.
paminsan-minsan bigyan mo ng complimentary movie tickets sa robinson

medyo "electronic-age" na din mga maids galing province ngaun eh, mahilig sa text at load hehehe that gives 'em some sort of pride I think kaya laki-ulo

[low_profile2]

sa amin bro yung kasama namin sa bahay sa pinas matagal na cguro more than 7 yrs na..masipag at maaasahan...lalo na when it comes to money matters .hangang ngayon sya na nag manage budget nang kids na nag aral sa pinas.. swerte lang cguro bale ni refer lang sya nang dati namin maid

[BoEinG_747]

^^^^ correct si L2,swertehan din talaga minsan

kahit naman kamag anak mo na nag loloko pa din ..
mas malakas pa nga loob ng iba kasi katwiran nila kamag anak sila

[peklat]

...yap talagang suwertihan siguro.... type ko rin kumuha.... para sa mga in-laws ko.... kaya lang natatakot na silang kumuha..... baka iyun pa daw ang papatay sa kanila..... matatanda na kasi..... marami akong napupulot sa inyong mga tips .... salamat mga tol..

[Jun aka Pekto]

My Mom probably followed many of the advice given here. I remember our helper coming from Pampanga. She stayed with us from the moment we moved to our house and was still there when I left.

My Mom treated her well. I'm not sure how much she got paid. But, she did have her own room and bathroom. She ate at the same time as us, ate the same food as us, ate with us at the family room (where the biggest tv is). She got Sunday off and was allowed to go home monthly, although she rarely used that last privilege. She got a lot of my sister's hand-me-down clothes and was allowed to have her sister and mom visit regularly.


She was never burdened with heavy tasks. If she had to go to the "palengke" and buy a lot of stuff, I had to come along and help her. I had to follow her orders. Sometimes we'd get puzzling looks from the vendors when they found out she's the maid and I'm the son of the homeowner.

Add: One time, a vendor asked if I had problems following our maid's orders. I just shrugged and said no.

[Sarsi]

true, swertihan talaga.

yung sa amin, actually not a maid but more of labandera/plantsadora ng family namin. Almost 25 years na sa amin,sobrang bait at mapagkakatiwalaan. pag umaalis kami sa bahay, siya lang ang naiiwan sa bahay para magbantay. She has access sa lahat ng parte ng bahay at hindi kami natatakot na may gawin na hindi maganda. maraming pagkakataon na nakakaiwan ako ng pera sa pants ko pero sigurado na mababalik yun sa akin.

mas may tiwala pa ko sa kanya kaysa ibang relatives namin

[av8or5]

yeah..its really hard finding a trusted maid. i had my share. but i usually got it thru referrals from neighbors maid.

i am still amaze at my yaya. she was the yaya of my mom, titos, titas. she never asked for salary.i guess she thought we were family to her, because we never treated her differently..until now..we hire a maid to take care of her because she is old.. it turns out..because she is loyal and loved by all..now she is treated like family..we make sure to take care of her.

[pup2]

Haay. It's good to know a lot of you guys have the same problem as me. I thought it was just us. We had super duper maids a long time ago also. The kinds who stay 20 years and up. The problem is that these people have since retired under our care or have been promoted out of being maids. They've also been with us so long they can't recommend anymore people from where they're from.

Out of their batch of replacements, the only ones who seem to want to stay long are those who hardly do any work! And they're willing to stay kahit maliit ang suweldo! Kaso wala namang silbi -- gastos lang.

Also, 6 months seems to be a long time for them! A fact which I couldn't relate to specially with our large batch of old maids nga who have lasted 20+ years.

Actually, we've tried almost all the suggestions here except for the one about trying to compete with overseas employers. No fair naman siguro since they're protected by contracts and their government aside from other factors.

Oh well, if you have better ideas or just gripes, just keep posting them here! I won't stop trying but I'm going to get ready for a life without maids -- especially if recruited by techniques which have failed before.

[shadow]

magkano ang pa sweldo niyo sa mga maids niyo?

[swimstroke]

1. May mananagot dapat na kaibigan/kakilala para bago palang umalis mabilinan ng huwag gagawa ng kalokohan.

2. Bagong salta dapat sa Manila at walang relatives dito.

3. Siya mismo ang may gusto sa trabaho at hindi itinulak ng mga kapamilya para may makuhang sustento.

4. Ok lang na close sa kasama sa bahay, pero hindi dapat sobrang close na nababawasan/nawawala yung boundary ng pagiging boss mo. Dito kasi kalimitan nagsisimula ang mga kalokohan.

5. Kung isa lang siya, huwag naman alilain. Hindi naman porke kasama sa bahay forever ng utusan. Yung iba kasi kahit simpleng gawain lang iuutos pa. Tao rin iyan, marunong mapagod, mainis, etc.

6. Kung 2 or more, make sure na rotation ang basis ng trabaho. Hindi yung isa puro laba lang, tapos yung isa puro linis/plantsa. Mas fair kung umiikot sa kanilang lahat ang bawat trabaho sa bahay.

:D